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David Morerland wrote: > does anyone on this list have this problem and if you do ,, what > medications are you now taking? I have found that the > only thing that stops.me is ro crash into > something like a wall . this can and does cause injury to myself > and the repair cost. when i am using my walker and that has a > tenancy > to greatly slow me down.. > David: I can offer the following observations of what Carline does: She has a lot of trouble walking. When she was still able to walk unassisted she would often lean forward to initiate walking. If you lean forward too much you have to take a compensating step to regain your balance. This step is often too small or not fast enough so another compensating step is taken. This repeats .... boom on the floor, or crash into the walls or furniture :'( . Even now when she walks with me, facing me (and I go backwards) she leans forward very strongly. Unassisted this would require compensating steps. So, try to keep your body straight and balanced. Walk very consciously, every step. We have a few mantra's: Stay straight and balanced is one of them. Chew and swallow. Want more? K. F. Etzold cg Carline ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn